Button



R. W. FOX.

BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l?. 1920.

Patented Jun@ 8, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT QTFTTQE.

ROBERT W. FOX, OF WEST FRANKFOT, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 8, 192th.

To all 'u1/1,0m, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. F 0X, a citizen of the United States,residing at IV est Frankfort, in the county of Franklin, State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and. exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to buttons, and more especially to the fastenersby means of which the buttons are secured to the cloth or other materialon which they are mounted; and the object of the same is to improve theconstruction of the fastener, and also the construction of the button orbutton head to correspond.

A further object is to produce a button and a fastener' made entirely ofmetal, and preferably of sheet metal in such forni that it can bestamped therefrom and its parts later bent and connected..

A further object is to produce a device of this kind which may be usedas a bachelors button to be applied quickly by a man in case ofemergency and without the use of thread or needle.

The particular construction of the fastener also is designed to preventits rotation on the cloth to which it is attached, as well as to affordplural points where parts of the fas tener pierce the cloth, incontradistinction to fasteners of this general type hitherto made andwhich were provided with a single element which passed through the clothat one point and connected the front and back members.

Details of construction are set forth in the following specification andclaims, and shown in the drawings wherein:

Figure l is a vertical section of this eom plete button and its fastenerapplied.

Fig. 2 is a section at right angles to F ig. 1, showing the fasteneronly.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the blank for the head of this button, and Fig.4 a perspective View of the same when ready for use and of a smallcollar to be applied to its shank.

F ig. 5 is a plan view of the front plate or washer of the fastener.

yF ig. 6 is a plan View of the back plate or keeper of the fastener,Fig- 7 is a perspective View of the same with its parts partly bentyvious that the members into place, and Fig. througl'i the completed 8is a sectional View keeper rea dy for useA The button is shown herein asmade up of a disk-like head l and a pair of radial tangs 2 projectingoppositely from its periphery and adapted to be bent in under the headand then downward into a double shank as shown at 3 in Fig. l, andupward over the shank is to be slipped a small tubular collar 4.However, I would not be limited to this precise manner of forming theshank, as it is obthereof may be cut out of the material of the head ormight be made in separate pieces and fastened. to the head, so long asthe shank is made up of two members stamling initially alongside of orin contact with each other as seen in Fig. la The extremities of thesemembers may be pointed or rounded, and their length sutlicient to permitthe use hereinafter described.

The back of the button which will be the fastener connecting it with thecloth C is made up of two members. One of these is the front plate orwasher l() shown in, Fig. 5. It is by preference a disk of metal cutwith three apertures whereof one is a central slot 11 and the others aretwo holes 12 preferably disposed at the ends of the slot. The othermember of the back or fastener is also a disk-like plate 13 formed witha central aperture in the shape of a slot 14 which is adapted to alinewith the slot l1, and formed also by preference with two tangs l5projecting from its periphery at Vpoints opposite the ends of said slot.These tangs are then bent inward under the body. of the back plate 13 asseen at 16, and their ends bent outward, which will be upward in Fig. 2,into spurs 17. At some step in the formation of this member it is bypreference dished so that when in working position it is conical as bestseen in Fig. 8.

In the application of this fastener to a piece of cloth indicated at C,it may be well first to make a hole H through the cloth, although thiseven may not be necessary if the tangs 2 are pointed or sharpened attheir extremities as seen in Fig. 7. The front plate or washer l0 isthen laid over the cloth with its slot 1l over such hole. The

and clenched as by bending them over as at 18. The collar 4 is nowslipped onto the shank 3 as seen in Fig. l, and the tips of the tangs 2passed down through the register.- ing holes 11, H, and 14, and thenclenched within the cup of the conical keeper as by being bent outwardtherein as shown at 8 in Fig. y1. The `fact that the tangsfconstitutingthe shank are flat and are spread apart in the completedarticle,prevents the head from rotating with respect to ythe back or fastener,and the interposition of the collar 4 spaces the head from the frontplate or washer 10 a distance sufficient to permit the next thickness ofcloth to be applied and its button hole passed under the head. The factthat the front and back plates 10 and 13 of the button-back are'attachedto the cloth CV by two 'tangs passing through it and clenchedasexplained, prevents the rotation of the back or fastener upon the clothC, and also secures it very rigidly thereto; and the subsequentattachment of the head and spreading of the ends of its tangs as at 8affords an additional means for attaching the device to the cloth C. Ofcourse the plate 13 may not be dished to the extent shown, but it ispreferred that it be somewhat cupped so as to inclose the spread ends 8of the tangs 2 and prevent under garments from catching thereon. Theshape and size of the two plates of the fastener are immaterial. IVhilethe element 1 is spoken of as the head of the button, it may in `fact beonly a plate which carries the button-head proper, as the latter couldbe of any material and form, integral with or entirely a separate partfrom the head or disk 1 itself. As above suggested, the tangs neednotnecessarily be integral parts of the disk on which they are formed,but these and other details of construction may be left to themanufacturer.

IVhat is claimed as new is:

1. In a button, the combination with a fastener consisting of a frontplate having a central aperture and two others, and a Yback plate havinga central aperture and tangs adapted to be passed through the cloth andsaid other apertures in the front plate and clenched upon such plate; ofa button head, and a shank composed of two tangs projecting therefromand adapted to be passed' through the central Vapertures in said platesand clenched behind the rearmost.

2. In a button, the combination with a fastener consisting `of a frontplate having a central slot and two holes, and a backl plate having acentral slot and tangs adapted y to be passed through the cloth and saidholes in the front plate and clenched upon such plate; of a disk-likebutton head, and

a shank composed of two flattened tangs projecting therefrom and adaptedto be passed through the slots in said plates and spread apart behind4the rearmost.

3. In a button, the combination with a fastener consisting of a frontplate having a central slot and two holes, and a back plate having acentral slot and tangs adapted to be passed through the cloth and saidholes in the front plate and clenched upon such plate; of a disk-likebutton head, and two flattened tangs projecting from the peripherythereof, carried under the head, and thence downward in a two-part shankadapted to be passed through the slots in said plates and spread apartbehind the rearmost. Y

4. In ya button, the combination with a fastener consisting of a frontplate having a central aperture and two others, and va back plate havinga central aperture and tangs adapted to be passed through the cloth andsaid other apertures in the front plate and clenched upon such plate;Iof a button head, a two-part shank depending from the center thereofand adapted to be passed through said central holes and spread apart,and a collar on the shank between the head and said front plate.

5. In a button, the combination with a head and a two-part shank; of afastener comprising a washer-like front plate having a central aperture,a conical back plate also having a central aperture for the passage ofsaid shank, the parts of the latter being spread apart behind the backplate, and

tangs on one of said plates adaptedto 'be passed through the cloth andthrough the other plate and clenched thereon.

6. A button fastener comprising front and back plates having centralapertures for the passage of the .shank of the button head, the frontplate also having two other apertures, and tangs on the back adapted tobe passed through the cloth and through said other apertures andclenched upon the front plate.

7. In a button, the combination with a button head having a shank,'and acollar thereon; of a fastener comprising a tlat front plate havinga'central aperture and additional holes, and a back plate having acentral aperture and peripheral tangs, the latter adapted to be passedthrough the cloth and engaged with said holes and said apertures adaptedto receive and engage said shank.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

. 'ROBERT W. FOX.

Witnesses: Y

M. M. Fox,

A. E. WILSON.

